Veterans park foundation tables statue proposal

1:47 PM,
Jan. 14, 2014

Written by

Rob Johnson

The volunteer group that runs Pensacola's Veterans Memorial Park tabled a proposal for a new statue being created by local sculptress Roxie Platt.

As reported last week, Platt's statue will apparently have to get in line behind at least one other planned new memorial while the Veterans Memorial Park Foundation reviews where proposed monuments would go in the 5.5-acre esplanade's increasingly limited space.

The park, which opened in 1992, is highlighted by the Wall South memorial to America's fallen in Vietnam. ...